A right-handed batsman who also bowls useful leg-break, Daryn Smith, joined Derbyshire as a Kolpak player in 2017. Smith can be termed as an all-round cricketer, he started his career as a w...Full profile

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A right-handed batsman who also bowls useful leg-break, Daryn Smith, joined Derbyshire as a Kolpak player in 2017. Smith can be termed as an all-round cricketer, he started his career as a wicket-keeper batsman for Kwazulu-Natal in 2004. In a long career for Natal and later for the Durban based Dolphins, Smith emerged creditably and snaffled as many as 473 victims behind the stumps.

Circumstances forced Smith to give up keeping and instead turned to wrist spin - a tough art that he mastered and gradually gained control. Once tipped as a future replacement for Mark Boucher, the closest that Smith came in line for South African honours was when he was named in the preliminary 30-man probables for the 2009 World T20 Cup.

Smith led the Dolphins for several seasons with distinction before being replaced by Morne van Wyk. With chances of playing for his country long gone by, he signed a two-year deal with Derbyshire in 2017.